While Oreca will benefit in 2010 from a Peugeot 908 HDi FAP, the Var team has communicated the name of the first driver of the Oreca 01, the prototype developed by the Hugues de Chaunac team in the Signes workshops. It's Soheil Ayari, fifth of the last 24 Hours of Le Mans, who will be the ??road captain?? during the legendary Le Mans event, if the Automobile Club de l'Ouest confirms this participation. At the same time, Oreca announces that the car will now be shod with Dunlop tires.
« The discussions were interesting and we made the decision to run the Oreca 01 in Dunlop, attests Hugues de Chaunac, president of the Oreca group. Dunlop's choice to return to the largest category confirms the interest aroused by the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Le Mans Series for tire manufacturers, as well as the appeal provided by the Oreca 01, a prototype which demonstrated its potential at the during the 2009 season. »
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